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May 15, 2026

10 true or false questions from this day's daily challenge. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Steve Jobs was the biological father of Lisa Brennan-Jobs, whom he initially denied paternity of.

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Hard
✓ TRUE

Jobs had a daughter, Lisa, with girlfriend Chrisann Brennan in 1978. He denied paternity for years before later accepting her, even naming the Lisa computer after her.

2.

Meryl Streep turned down the role of Clarice Starling in 'The Silence of the Lambs.'

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Hard
✓ TRUE

Meryl Streep was offered the role but declined because she found the story too disturbing. Jodie Foster accepted it and won an Oscar.

3.

Taylor Swift once won a lawsuit for just $1 after a radio host groped her.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

In 2017, a jury awarded her $1 in damages in her countersuit against David Mueller, whom she accused of groping her during a meet-and-greet. She sought the symbolic amount to send a message.

4.

Marie Curie's husband Pierre was the one who actually discovered radium; she just helped him.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

The Curies collaborated equally. Marie's doctoral thesis and her work isolating pure radium were foundational. She received her Nobel Prize in her own right.

5.

Curie’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discovering radiation itself.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Her 1903 Physics Prize recognized joint research on radiation phenomena discovered by Henri Becquerel, not the discovery of radiation itself.

6.

Taylor Swift performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2020.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

She hasn’t performed at a Super Bowl halftime show yet. The 2020 show was headlined by Shakira and Jennifer Lopez.

7.

Steve Jobs’s net worth at his death was over $10 billion, with his largest single source of wealth being Disney stock.

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Hard
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At his death in 2011, Jobs’s net worth was about $10.2 billion. His Disney shares, acquired from the Pixar sale, were worth roughly $4.4 billion—his biggest single asset—while his Apple shares were around $2.1 billion.

8.

Panda mothers sometimes abandon one twin to focus on raising the stronger cub.

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In the wild, panda mothers often choose to raise only one cub if twins are born, as they lack energy and milk for both. This is rare in captivity.

9.

Steve Jobs owned a private jet and flew it himself without a pilot's license.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Jobs owned a Gulfstream V but always hired professional pilots. He never obtained a pilot's license or flew the plane himself.

10.

Taylor Swift was banned from performing at the Grand Ole Opry after a controversial political speech.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Taylor Swift has never been banned from the Grand Ole Opry. She performed there early in her career, but her absence since is due to her shift from country to pop music, not any political speech.

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